Massachusetts Law Strengthens Patient Privacy Protections

The law closes a loophole that could allow sensitive health data to be shared with the primary subscriber of a health plan.

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Researcher: Hospital Data Breaches Connected to Patient Deaths

A Vanderbilt researcher believes data breaches and a lack of cybersecurity at hospitals can be tied to patient deaths.

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Insiders Responsible for 58 Percent of Healthcare Breaches

58 percent of PHI data loss incidents from 2016 to 2017 involved internal actors according to Verizon's new Protected Health Information Data Breach Report.

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Half a Million Healthcare Records Breached in January

There were at least 37 breaches that impacted the healthcare industry, affecting 473,807 patient records, in January 2018.

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Study: One Third of Healthcare Breaches Hit Hospitals

According to a study published last week hospital breaches accounted for one third of all data breaches and affected the largest number of victims from 2009 to 2016.

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Healthcare Providers Still Paralyzed Following Allscripts Ransomware Attack

Allscripts, one of the larger electronic health records (EHR) vendors in the U.S., is continuing to grapple with a ransomware attack.

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Aetna’s $18m Snail Mail Fail

The company will pay more than $18 million for exposing the identities of HIV sufferers in a mailing.

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Following Ransomware Attack Indiana Hospital Pays $55K to Unlock Data

A hospital paid 4 BTC (Bitcoin) - roughly $55,000 - to regain access to its computer systems over the weekend.

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Phishing Attack Compromises Data Belonging to 30K Florida Medicaid Patients

Information, including patients' date of birth, Social Security number, address, Medicaid ID, and diagnoses, may have been breached.

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Ransomware: An Epidemic for the Healthcare Industry?

Recent incidents at two urology clinics have left healthcare organizations seeking a cure for a threat that has plagued their industry for years: ransomware.

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